Metallic packing



Patent J 8,1921.

'w. SUDEKUM. METAELI C PACKING. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, I920- r/////, v 7 F M l. r a,

ra'rnur OFFICE.

WILLIAM SUDEEUM, 0F NASHVILLE,

METALLIC PACKING.

4 3peeiifieation of Letters llatent. Patetted Jan, 18, MEL

Application filed Eleptember 240, 19520. Serial No. 411,543.

To all to 710m it may concern Be it known that l, lViLLraiu Sunnnum, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and Fitate of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Pachings, of which the following is a specification.

This invent-ion relates to packings, and more particularly to that class 01'' pachings described in my former patents numbered 1,074,773 and 1,118,315, respectively, and which are designed more especially for packing the piston. rodsand 'alve stems of ammonia 'or other gas compressors, high pressure engines and pumps, and other like apparatus, the purpose being to provide improvements in the constructions of such packings which will prevent any fluid 01' gas under pressure to escape around such rods or stems, so that high pressure and super heated fluids may be used not only without loss but also at a higher elficiency.

One principal object of the invention is to provide such an improved construction as to enable the packing to be continuously used without being required to entirely dismantle the same as certain parts wear or seat themselves to the reci )rocating rod or stem and other parts may e inserted to take up the wear or reduction in size of the packing parts.

A second principal object is to provide an improved packing in which the divided packing parts are so constructed, whereby one part or section is capable of being supported or sustained on the rod without being constantlv gripped by the hand while the other hall is being adjusted, so that the several parts of the packing can be readily and easily adjusted and arranged while being assembled.

A third object of the lllY't'lltlOll is to provide an iucloscd packingto be kept constantly bathed in a suitable lubricant, the

lubricant flowing through the inelosing casing, so that the packing is kept cool, if so desired.

With the above and other objects in, view, as will be hereinafter apparent. from the detailed disclosure, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly point-ed out in the appended claims.

lo the accompanying drawings, like rel? shown. in Fig. 2, in the actof being locked in position about. the piston rod.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the improved fibrous ring used in connection with the packing.

Referring to the drawings, 10 is the stuif- 7 ing boa: provided with a front follower or ring 1.1 which is adapted to be adjusted by means of an internally threaded screw cap 12. engaging the threads 13 on the exterior of box 10, as shown. Through this box 10 passes a piston rod or valve stem 14 whereon are mounted divided metallic packing rings 15, 15, each of which rings consists of two semi-annular parts 15', 15 (see Figs. 2 and 3) and when assembled and looked around the piston rod 1 1 form a central annular section 16 and two end sections 17 and 17 preferably in the form of oppositely disposed trustuins of a coue,which are provided with radial slits or slots 17, 17, cut therein to per 8.3

mitthese sections of the rings to more readil conform to the curvature of rod 14, as Wil be readily understood. Said semi-annular parts 15 and 15 of the-packing rings 151 are provided at their ends with interengaging projections 18, 18, and slots 19, 19, so dis posed and proportioned, so that when said parts 15, 15, are pressed together and along the rod 11. (see Fig. 3), said projections and slots will engage each other and the parts 15, 15. be locked together on the rod 14. as shown in Fig. 1. Another and most important feature of construction of said parts 15 and 15 is that the ends or outer extremities of the inner curved surface of the projections 18. 18. are a slight distance beyond a medial line passing through the center of the piston rod 14, so that when one of the parts 15 is pressed down on said rod 14: in a plane normal to the axis of the rod ll, said semi-annular part 15 will snap so to speak on the rod 141, for the reason that the distance between the outer section of the inner sides or ends of the projections 18, 18, of each part 15"isslightly shorter than the diameter of the rod 14, and hence after being sprung or snapped, on the rod 14 as just described and released, said part 15 will be suspended or supported from said rod 14, as shown in Fig. 2, and enables one to have the use of two hands to assemble orjmake adjustments of the other elements of the packing. \Vithin the box 10 and loosely surrounding the rod 14 are shells 20, 20, each of which is formed at one end with an inwardly directed flange 21 beveled to fit one of the inclined surfaces of the puter conical surface 17 of the packing rings 15, the ring or follower 11 bearing against the outer side of tie flange 21, while the flange 21 of the inner shell 20 is seated against a second ring 22. as shown. Within each of said shells 20 is disposed the packing rings. 15 and interposed between the separated packings 15, 15, and inserted within the shells 20, 20, and surrounding the rod 11 are two separate and iiidependent hollow cored vibrating glands provided with openings 24, for the purpose of permitting the lubricant to have access to the surface of .rod 1%, as will be readily understood.

Between the packing rings 15, 15, and adjacent vibrating gland 23 is preferably inserted a fibrous packing 25. for the purpose of permitting the different parts of the packing to have a slight yielding action along the length of the rod 14 during the initial use of the packing and while the parts are being properly seated and find themselves in their correct and tightly titting relations after slight wear of the pacl-: ing rin s 15, 15. After the packing rings 25, 25, ave worn and the cap 12 has been repeatedly screwed down on the threads 13, and to the limit of its movement, said cap 12 can be unscrewed and the ring or follower 11 and outer shell 20 with its packing ring 15 and vibrating gland 23 may be moved along the rod 14 until outside of the box 10 and any suitable number of divided rings or shims are loosely adjusted around the rod 1 1 and inserted between the separated glands 23. 23, and the removed shell 20 with its packing ring 15 and gland 23 are thrust back into the box and against the inserted rings or shims, when the follower 11 is again properly forced into the bore of the box 10 by means of the cap 12 screwed down on the threads 13 to bring the proper pressure between the several parts of the packing and contact of the packing rings 15 15, with the rod 14:.

uThe box 10 is provided with an inlet 0 ening 26 and an outlet opening 27 to which the lubricant carrying pipes may be secured, and it will be obvious that such lubricant may be supplied in the direction of the arrows a and b so that all partsmay be fully lubricated. From the foregoing disclosure of the Structural characteristics and relative arrangement of the elements comprising the rod packin it will be seen that if a supply of oil or otier form 01'' lubricant is forced through the inlet 26, said lubricant will bc properly and imiiormly distributed between the contacting surfaces of rhc rings 15 and their overlapping projections 18 and slots 19, vibrating glands 21%. shells 20 and rod 14. and said luln'icant will linally pass out by the opening iT to be purilicd or filtered and be again rclurncd by any suit able pump, not shown. to the inlet iii.

it will also be sccn that said shells- :!o will have a slight morcmcnt trausvci'sc to the axis of the piston rod which will pcr- Init the packing elements :nn-nuunling the rod 14- to have a slight nnwcmcnt as a whole when the rod vibrates during the operation of the engine or pump. and hence any movement of the rod will not allcct t1 ciliciency of the packing as the latter will float. bodily with the rod and hence provide a constantly tight-packing ior siuliing boxesand like devices thereby insuring long life and high eliic .ncy or the purpose spccified with a minimum o l repairs and attention.

The fibrous packing rings 95. 2.). are differently constructed and arranged from the usual fibrous packings employed in rod packing in that they are preferably built up of alternate layers of rubber and canvas or textile material and. are set at an angle on the rod substantially at forty-live dc.- grees or thereabouls to the axis of the rod 14. and said packing is so machined and formed with a straight bore and a straight outer edge to accurately and uiccly (it about the rod 11-, the contiguous walls or the shell 20. metallic ring in, and gland .4 3. as clearly shown in Fig. l. and thereby insure a tight packing under all conditions. With this arrangement of librous packing it is only necessary to employ two sets of metallic packing rings and also enables one to use a metallic packing twice the strength in the same packing space.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A rod packing comprising a stulling box. a reciprocablc rod extending through said box, a pair of semi-annular packing rings within said box and surrounding the rod, said rings beng divided in a. piano parallel to the axis oi the rod and having the distance between the ends of their ciirved. surface slightly less than the diameter of the rod, whereby each ot said scmi-annular packing rings may be snapped over the rod and held thereon withoutoutside support.

2. A rod packing comprising a stulling box, a reciprocable rod extending through said box, a shell in the box and arranged to loosely surround said rod, a pair of semiannular packing rings within said shell and surrounding the rod. said rings being divided in a plane parallel to the axis of the producing ill! rod and having the distance between the -interengagement with each other'to unite said rings and secure them about the ro-d,

, said rings being divided in a plane parallel to the axis of the rod and having the distance between theends of their inner curved surface slightly less than the diameter of the rod, whereby each of said semi-annular acking rings may be snapped over the rod and held thereon without outside support.

i. A rod packing including a stuffing box provided with inlet and outlet oil openings and arranged to receive a reciprooable rod, a pair of shells in said box in spaced relation to the side of the box to form an oil chamber between the box and shells and ar ranged in opposed alinement to loosely re ceive the rod and capable of transverse movement in the box to permit vibration of said rod, apair of semi-annular metallic packing rings in each shell, a pair of separable and independent hollow: and perforated, glands between each pair of packing rings, said glands havingtheir ends adjacent to the packing rings oppositely inclined from center thereof and being also spaced from he inner surface of the box to provide a continuous oil chamber in said box and insertion of spacing rings or shims between said glands, and means to force the shells together and thereby force the set of packing rings as they wear against the rod.

A, rod packing including a' stuffing box provided with an inlet and outlet oil openings, a reciprocable rod extending through said box, a pair of shells in said box in spaced relation to the side of the box to form an oil chamber between the box and shells and arranged in opposed alinement to loosely receive the rod and capable of" transverse movement in the box toepermit vibration of said rod, a pair of semi-annular metallic packing rings in' each shell, a fibrous pack ing ring in juxtaposition to the metallic packing ring in each shell and surrounding said rod'and having opposite side faces at an angle to the axis of the rod and its entire inner circular surface in contact .with the rod and its entire. outer circular surface parallel with and in contact with the inner surface of the shell, a pair of separable and independent hollow and perforated glands between said fibrous packing rings, said glands having their ends adjacent to the fibrous packing rings oppositely inclined from center thereof and being also spaced from the inner surface of the box to provide a continuous oil chamber in said box and insertion of spacing rings or shims between said glands. and means to force the shells together and thereby force the sets of metallie and fibrous packing rings as they wear against the rod.

WILLIAM SAUDEKUM.

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